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MLA confronted by protesting teachers Cornelia Naylor staff reporter
Liberal MLA Richard T. Lee faced a couple dozen protesting teachers at his Willingdon Avenue constituency office Monday afternoon. The Burnaby Teachers’ Association organized the rally to “amplify” its call for government to enter into arbitration with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation to end the ongoing teachers’ labour dispute that has already wiped out more than a week of school. The BCTF called for binding arbitration Friday, but government has rejected the notion. Even before the offer, Education Minister Peter Fassbender told the NOW last week the government was not considering arbitration. “Arbitration allows a third party to come in and make decisions that should be made by the parties at the negotiating table,” he said. Teachers around the province will nonetheless vote on arbitration today (Wednesday). A “yes” vote would end the strike and reopen the schools as soon as the government agreed to arbitration. Back in Burnaby, Lee told teachers he would bring their message about arbitration back to the minister. “I think everybody has the right to express their opinion,” he said.
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Showdown: Moscrop math teacher Greg DePaco (left) and Burnaby Teachers’ Association president Rae Figursky (right) have words with Burnaby North Liberal MLA Richard Lee.
City takes case to Supreme Court staff reporter
The City of Burnaby has filed a civil claim in B.C. Supreme Court to keep Kinder Morgan out of the Burnaby Mountain conservation area. The move, made Monday, is the latest in the legal battle over the city-owned land, where Kinder Morgan has been cutting trees for survey work for a new pipeline route. The city is also asking the court for a temporary injunction to stop the company from cutting trees before the court decides on the matter.
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BURNABY FIGHTS TO KEEP KINDER MORGAN OFF MOUNTAIN
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“We have no other options. We tried to raise these issues at the NEB, we tried to deal with the company itself, and now we are in B.C. Supreme Court,” said the city’s lawyer, Gregory McDade. “It’s fairly straightorward. Municipal bylaws are enforceable by court injunction.” The bylaw McDade was referring to forbids anyone from cutting trees in a city park, something Kinder Morgan did last week during survey work. The city should know by Thursday if the B.C. Supreme Court will grant the temporary
injunction, but that still won’t solve the larger question of jurisdiction. Much of the mountain is city property, yet the National Energy Board Act says companies can conduct work without the landowners’ permission. The city, which is opposed to the pipeline expansion, has argued that cutting trees is breaking the local bylaw. “Eventually the question will be whether the NEB ruling has the jurisdiction to override Burnaby’s bylaws,” McDade said. “That can only be raised in B.C. Supreme Court, and it has Battle Page 3
Burnaby resident and longtime Liberal Brian Bonney has been charged with several accounts of violating B.C.’s Election Act. The charges were filed on Monday, Sept. 8 against B o n n e y and Mark Robertson, a Liberal party staffer, and include multiple counts of violating the Election Act, specifically the sec- Brian Bonney tion relating Former Liberal to election staffer in f i n a n c i n g . Burnaby The charges include violating restrictions or limits on accepting or making a political contribution and three counts related to election expenses. Bonney and Robertson allegedly made an illegal political contribution during the 2012 Port-MoodyCoquitlam provincial byelection. Court documents show Bonney and Robertson allegedly paid Sepideh Sarrafpour to work on the Liberal’s campaign for candidate Dennis Marsden yet Bonney Page 4
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